Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.
Rattle 47 (released on Mar. 1, 2015) posted my sequence.
[ AFTER FUKUSHIMA ]
1
when
will my later years
start?---
a mother cat has babies
at the ruined village
2
dim light
of cherry blossoms--
unstoppable
petal storm in the ruins
beyond my five senses
3
sounds
of the stream
in my homeland---
Strontium is soaking
into the placenta
4
cherry avenue
my late mother's favorite...
is there
another world?
petal drift
5
there were
days when I had
my dream...
are you there now?
Betelgeuse
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